Search Results: Authors starting with H from Maiden Voyage Booksellers

Sioux Falls, SD: The Hagen Publishing Company, 2006. Paperback. As New. 181 pp; compendium of useful and practical advise on how to add years to one's life; in full-color photo wraps.

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1981. Hardcover. As New/new. 176 pp; gives a complete picture of the imnportance of the colonial schooner inb pre-Revolutionary America; using examples of the author's models featured in the Colonial Shipyard Diorama in the Mariner's Museum, Newport News, VA; profusely illustrated with highly detailed line drawings, b & w photos; and illustrations.

Baltimore, MD: Montee Publishing Co., Inc, n.d.. Hardcover. Fine. 158 pp; comprehensive guide giving the reader an in depth education on betting on the ponies; numerous tables, gilt stamping in "As New" condition"; published without a dj.

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 308 pp; the autobiography of the donor of the Atlantic Blue Riband Trophy; 39 b & w photos; minor tear to boards at head os spine; scattered foxing on page edges; dj has been price-clipped; and has small tear to head of spine.

London: William Kimber & Co. Ltd, 1980. Hardcover. Fine/as new. 224 pp; the story of a vital aspect of naval war as evidenced by Britain's blockade of Germany during both world wars; first by a fleet of aging and defective vessels and then by requistioned liners converted into armed merchant cruisers; with 29 b & w photos; dj has been price-clipped.

Boston, MA: C. M. Dinsmoor and Company, 1866. Hardcover. Good +. 379 pp; gripping account of suffering and heroism exhibited by union Army and Navy during the Great Rebellion; fine engraving of a Colonel Ulric Dahlgren as frontispiece; original tissue guard intact; although slighly browned; very minor scattered browning; has names of 2 previous owners on ffep; corners bumped; gilt lettering on spine faded with minor tearing to foot; interior pages all clan and free of marks.

New Bendford, MA: William H. Hand, Jr., 1921. Paperback. Very Good. 48 pp; staple bound booklet that was the catalogue for these innovative motor boats designed by William H. Hand, Jr. in the ealry 1920's; with highly detailed line drawings and many superb b & w photos of various designs; which give dimensions, speed, suggested motors and power plants, etc. Still has the original, perforated order form as last page; missing bottom outside corner of page 13/14; some scattered staining to front cover, which is slightly faded and has minute chip to top edge, minor rubbing and wear to rear cover; interior pages all clean and free of marks; published in landscape format in printed wraps.

New York: Todtri Publishers Limited, 1999. Hardcover. As New/fine. 128 pp; stunning, full-color photos capture the romance of various lighthouses across America; along with extensive text on lighthouses in general.

Berlin und Leipzip, 1908. Hardcover. Good +. 684 pp; plus 20 pp addendum of additional recipies; plus advertisements, plus blank pages for notes; (TEXT IS ENTIRELY IN GERMAN)l published without a dj; hinges split but intact.

West Chester, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 1990. Hardcover. As New/as new. 128 pp; comprehensive story of the carved wooden bow decorations beginning with a report on the mythological origin, continuing with the development of figueheads from the Polynesians, Phoenicians, and Vikings to the high point of the Renaissance and Baroque ships; continuing through the 18th and 19th centuries, the last windjammers and the school sailing ships that are still in use today. Profusely illustrated with 100 highly detailed photos; 32 of which are full-page, full-color.

Mexico: Ediciones Tolteca, S. A., 1960. Paperback. Very Good +. 443 pp; well-illustrated with b & w photos; spine faded; slight wear and rubbing to covers; in color illustrated wraps; overall; VG+/.

Missoula, MT: Pictorial History Publishing Company, 2011. Fourth Printing. Paperback. Near Fine. 48 pp; staple-bound booklet, extensive overview of this vessel and her time in service. Named after a Congressional Medal of Honor, Capt. Cassin Young, profusely illustrated with superb B & w photos, 1 fold-out lie drawing/color phot and another full-color photo, in full-color illustrated wraps. This copy is form the Fourth Priiting of October 2011 of work originally published in June of 1995.

Philadelphia, PA: Fortress Press, 1984. Hardcover. New/new. 112 pp; seminal treatment of the teachings of the church fathers on the military question i.e. the effect of early Christian writings on the issue of "holy war", to what extent early Christians participated in the military and what judgements the church made on participation in warfare. This copy is a translation of the German edition of 1963 which was reprinted from the First Edition of 1905.

New York: Crescent Books, 1991. Hardcover. As New/fine. 124 pp; detailed overview of the lighthouses all across America; with over 95 full-color photos.

Guilford, CT: The Globe Pequot Press, 2001. Paperback. Near Fine. 92 pp; coast to coast look at over fifty North American lighthouses in peril at the time of writing; such as Cape Hatteras, NC, Cedar Island Lighthouse, NY and Waugoshance Lighthouse, MI etc.; gives history of each; how they are being threatened and what can be done to keep these beacons shining; profusely illustrated with superb b & w and full-color photos; in full-color photo wraps.

UK: World Ship Society, 2004. Hardcover. Fine. 128 pp; fine company history of this Ulster shipping company; incliudes D. DORMAN & COMPANY before the 1976 convergence into one company; profusely illustrated with superb b & w photos; with extensive details on each vessel listed; in full-color laminated boards; bottom right corner of front board is slightly bumped.

Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1956. Second Edition. Paperback. Very Good +. 63 pp; Dear Abby type of advice with Christian overtones; in color illustrated wraps.

UK: Toredo Books Ltd, 1985. Hardcover. As New/fine. 494 pp and 419 pp respectively for each volume; a chronological survey of maritime events form 5,000 B. C. until the time of writing; supplemented by commentaries; with 203 superb b & w illustrations and 31 maps; each volume has a sticker from the Canadain distirbutor on bottom inside of front flap of dj (DUE TO EXCESS WEIGHT ACTAUL SHIPPING CHARGES WILL APPLY).

London: Conway Maritime Press, 1988. Paperback. Fine. 127 pp; detailed guidebook to maritime museums and colections throughout the UK; in full-color photo wraps.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1919. Hardcover. Very Good. 242 pp; a collection of stories about the strange life of New Orleans that first appeared in the author's columns in the Daily Item newspaper while employed there fromi the years 1877 to 1887; has 1 1/2" tear to edge of last Conternts page; sporadic moisture staining throughoutt to top of pages at gutter; minor tear at edge of one additional page; corners bumped; lacks dj.